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Carlton man arrested for urinating drunk in public

published Sunday, November 4, 2012

Athens-Clarke police stopped early Saturday morning while on patrol near the intersection of West Broad and South Newton streets when they saw a man urinating, according to a police report.

After getting out of the car, police noticed that the man was intoxicated, and his clothes were soiled, according to the report. A passerby stopped to tell officers he had seen the man passed out in the grass earlier.

Keith Michael Rardugno, 35, of Carlton, was arrested for public intoxication and urinating in public, police said.

Video games, jewelry stolen from home

The Pepperidge Lane home of a 36-year-old Athens woman was burglarized Saturday between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., Athens-Clarke police said.

An Xbox 360, $50 in coins, a red Nintendo 3DS and more than $2,000 in jewelry were taken, according to a report.

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